With yesterday’s House Judiciary Committee vote, there are now competing, and in some respects significantly different, patent reform proposals under serious consideration in the House and the Senate. Among the most important...more
7/28/2015
/ Fee-Shifting ,
Hedge Funds ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Reform ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Trolls ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Proposed Legislation ,
USPTO ,
Venue
When a non-practicing entity (NPE) accused 16,000 small businesses of violating its patent by merely emailing scanned documents, the New York attorney general cracked down, forcing a settlement. Then the FTC threatened to sue...more